Hello all,

You should have had your passes (which you need to print) through from Hannah and she is sending through a more general info email re. Cambridge.

Mainly for the benefit of Hannorah and Rachel who missed last night, we worked on neatening some figures which looked a bit untidy at Warwick, so just to emphasise.

1. Clash - Holding the brass with thumb on one side and finger round the back i.e. BOTH sides. Holding sword flat face on to you and doing the movement neat and small, moving the hand away ever so slightly as clash ensuring the clash remains high. We worked on this because the clashes have been sloppy, but also no. 3 got hit on the head quite a lot (one of my bumps still hurts!)
   
2. single guard - paced walk around, with energy. Sword hands together of the person turning out to try and keep them flat. Pivots in the middle keeping their hands centred and in the middle of the walkaround. Tension should be relatively loose to keep swords flat
3. Back 8 - Hands together, not ducking and trying to keep the movement smooth. Staying close to the moving set and flicking at front and back
4. Open ring post back 8 - no. 3 getting there in 4 (2 must ensure she has space to get round)
5. Westerhope back lock - remember timings and if you're shorter (sorry Clare!) really reaching up high, making sure nice and close to the rest of the set